Kazumi Totaka

Kazumi Totaka
Born	(1967-08-23) August 23, 1967
Occupation(s)	music composer, Nintendo Voice actor, Yoshi

Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生, Totaka Kazumi, born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese music composer and voice actor from Tokyo who composed many major Nintendo games, including Mario Paint and Animal Crossing. He occasionally also does voice acting for Nintendo games, including Yoshi from the Mario and Yoshi series. He is also one of the various composers who worked on the title Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

K.K. Slider

The character K.K. Slider in Animal Crossing is named Totakeke (とたけけ) in the Japanese version. This name could be derived from how Totaka's name is said in Japanese (the last name coming first), Totaka K. Totakeke is said to be an animal version caricature of Totaka.

At the Mario & Zelda Big Band Live concert, some fans shouted "Totakeke" while the host grabbed a guitar and gave it to Totaka. Totaka then sat down on a chair like K.K. Slider while Shigeru Miyamoto held a picture of K.K. Slider next to Totaka.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl features K.K. Slider singing at the Smashville stage on Saturdays after 8:00 PM, just as he does in the Animal Crossing games.

Totaka's Song

"Kazumi Totaka's Song" is a short, 19 note tune hidden in almost every game he has worked on as a composer. It was first discovered on the title screen Mario Paint, which led many people to refer to it as the "Mario Paint song", and was thought to be the first instance of the song. It has since been discovered in the Japan-only Game Boy game X, which predates Mario Paint by months. It was later found in many other games including Animal Crossing, Link's Awakening, Yoshi Touch & Go, Virtual Boy Wario Land, Luigi's Mansion, and several others. As of now, people are still actively seeking the song in the few games Totaka has worked on where it has yet to be discovered.

As for Brawl, Totaka has been the Composition Supervisor of X's "Tunnel Scene" and Yoshi's Story's "Ending", as well as the Arrangement Supervisor for Animal Crossing's "The Roost", and various K.K. Slider songs, which play on the Animal Crossing stage, dubbed "Smashville". A Luigi's Mansion stage is also present, which features a remixed version of the Luigi's Mansion theme. There is a "Pictochat" stage, which has optional Wii Sports music as well.

Confirmed appearances

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This screen in the game X is where Totaka's Song first occurred. The text reads, "Thank you...".

The song has been found in the following games:

• Animal Forest
• Animal Crossing (K.K. Song)
• Animal Crossing e-Reader cards (#P15, "Boy," "Who's Dunnit?")
• Animal Crossing: Wild World (K.K. Song)
• Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening & DX*
• Luigi's Mansion
• Mario Artist: Talent Studio
• Mario Paint
• Pikmin 2
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
• Virtual Boy Wario Land
• X
• Yoshi's Story
• Yoshi Touch & Go

*_{In most versions, the song can only be found in Richard's house, but in the Japanese version of the game, the song can be found at the title screen by typing the name とたけけ (Totakeke) in when starting a new game (or MOYSE in the German version of the game).}

Unconfirmed appearances

Totaka's Song still being looked for in these games:

• Wave Race 64
• Wii Sports
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Wii Channels
• Animal Crossing: City Folk

External links

• Artist profile at Discogs
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Totaka's Song guide (may not be up to date)
• Video showing Totaka's Song in a number of different games
• Part 2 of the Video
• Part 3 of the Video